Table of Contents:
  • The Middle East : the cradle of the Muslim world / David Thaler
  • The Maghreb / Rollie Lal
  • Turkey : "recessed" Islamic politics and convergence with the west / Ian O. Lesser
  • Iran : what future for the Islamic state? / C. Christine Fair
  • Islam and politics in Pakistan / C. Christine Fair
  • Islam in India / Rollie Lal
  • Central Asia : "apocalypse soon" or eccentric survival? / Cheryl Benard
  • Southeast Asia : moderate tradition and radical challenge / Angel M. Rabasa
  • Islam in West Africa : the case of Nigeria / Peter Chalk
  • Muslim diasporas and networks / Theodore Karasik, Cheryl Benard.